SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Linux
Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation
through open source, is launching a virtual mentoring series
entitled LF Live: Mentorship Series. The goal of this program
is to (1) continue offering opportunities to learn and re-skill to
those that have been displaced from jobs as a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic; (2) serve those considering jobs in open source
by helping to grow their skills and build their network so they are
better set up for successful careers; (3) grow the number of people
entering the open source job market which has a huge demand for new
talent; and (4) encourage new people to apply to The Linux
Foundation's Mentoring Program and other community mentoring
programs. These webinars will be complimentary. There is no cost to
participate in this program.
Each webinar topic will be different, but will primarily be
technical and applicable to the Linux Kernel, as well as to other
open source projects. The first webinar was held on October 29 and covered 'Writing Change Logs that
Make Sense, led by Shuah Khan, Kernel Maintainer & Fellow, The
Linux Foundation. The recording of the session can be
viewed here and the slides can be viewed here. Upcoming
Mentorship Webinars include:
- How Do I Get Started with an Open Source Project?, with
Clyde Seepersad, SVP & General
Manager, Training & Certification, The Linux Foundation -
December 2
- Best Practices to Getting Your Patches Accepted, with
Greg Kroah-Hartman, Kernel
Maintainer & Fellow, The Linux Foundation - December 8
- Open Source Licensing, with Steve Winslow, Director of Strategic Programs,
The Linux Foundation - January 13,
2021
- Kselftest, with Shuah Khan, Kernel Maintainer &
Fellow, The Linux Foundation - Date TBA
- Best Practices to be an Effective Maintainer, with
Dan Williams, Linux Kernel
Developer, Intel - Date TBA
- Static Analysis & Tools, with Jan-Simon Möller, AGL
Release Manager, The Linux Foundation - Date TBA
- Coccinelle, with Julia
Lawall, Senior Researcher at Inria - Date TBA
Additional sessions will continue to be added, covering topics
such as: Smatch (Static Analysis Tool), Dynamic Analysis and
Tools, Fuzz Testing, Kunit, and Tracing. To be alerted when
registration is live for each session, please subscribe at the
bottom of this page:
https://events.linuxfoundation.org/lf-live-mentorship-series/.
To learn more about the LF Live: Mentorship Series, please visit
our webpage. To learn more about the Linux Foundation Mentoring
Program, please click here. To learn more about the Linux
Foundation Events, visit our website and follow us on Twitter and
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announcements.
About The Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is the organization of choice for the world's
top developers and companies to build ecosystems that accelerate
open technology development and industry adoption. Together with
the worldwide open source community, it is solving the hardest
technology problems by creating the largest shared technology
investment in history. Founded in 2000, The Linux Foundation today
provides tools, training and events to scale any open source
project, which together deliver an economic impact not achievable
by any one company. More information can be found at
www.linuxfoundation.org.
The Linux Foundation Events are where the world's leading
technologists meet, collaborate, learn and network in order to
advance innovations that support the world's largest shared
technologies.
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Media Contact:
Kristin O'Connell
The Linux Foundation
koconnell@linuxfoundation.org
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